Louise The Adventures of a Chicken Author:Kate Dicamillo, Harry Bliss (Illustrator) She longed for adventure. — So she left her home and ventured out into the wide world. — The pleasures and perils she met proved plentiful: marauding pirates on the majestic seas, a ferocious lion under the bright lights of the big top, a mysterious stranger in an exotic and bustling bazaar. — Yet in the face of such daunting danger, our heroine . ... more ». .